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J. S. ANTHES.

CHILD'S VEHIGLE.

No. 332,131. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

UNITED S ATES JOHN S. ANTHES, OF BERLIN, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CHILD'S VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,131, dated December8, 1885.

Application filed April 30, 1885. Serial No. 163,960. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SoHMITT ANTHEs, a citizen of Canada, residingat Berlin, in the county of Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Vehicles; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in childrens vehicles; and itconsists in a couvertible childs sleigh, constructed as herein shown anddescribed,having detachable knees and benches, and being provided withdetachable hub-brackets to receive the axles of a childs carriage whenrunners are to be substituted for wheels.

In the annexed drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a childs vehicle as arranged for winter use by theapplication of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of theabove. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of a sleigh provided with myimproved knees and benches. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of thesleigh-bench. Fig. 5 is thesleigh-knee. Fig. 6 is the hub-bracket.

The sleigh-knee A, Fig. 5, is provided with the feet a a, and theoutside arm 12, all of which are secured to the sleigh-runner B byscrews or bolts. 0 is a slot, and, d a bolt-hole made in the knee forthe attachment of either the sleigh-bench or the hub-bracket.

The sleigh-bench C, Fig. 4, is made of any approved pattern andmaterial, and is provlded with the lugs e for fastening on thesleigh-top, and with the nipples ff, which take into the slots 0 in theknees, and the bolt-holes g g, which register with the holes (2 in thesleigh-knees.

The hub-bracket D, Fig. 6, is provided with the bolt-hole k,registeringwith the hole (Z in the sleigh-knee, the nipple i, to takeinto the slot0, and the hub j, to receive the axles as herein shown and described,has the sleigh- I top E secured to the benches, preferably by screws orbolts passing through thelugs e. The sleigh-knees A, having the runnersB secured to their feet a and arms b, are attached to the benches O bythe nipples f fholding in the slots 0, and by the bolts 7c in thebolt-holes d I in the knee and g in the sleigh-bench.

The body of a summer carriage may be easily and quickly attached to thesleigh-runners B and knees A by first removing the wheels andsubstituting for them the hubbrackets D, the axles resting in the hubsj, then removing the bench O and top E from the sleigh and securing thehub-brackets D to the outside of the knees A, in the manner abovedescribed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as mine, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sleigh-knee, A, having the feet aa, arm b, slot 0, and bolt-hole d,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The hub-bracket D, provided with the bolt-hole h, nipple z, and hubj, substantially as specified.

3. A sleigh-knee, in combination with a I detachable bracket providedwith a fastening device for securing it to said knee,in the manner andfor the purposes set forth.

Signed at Berlin this 15th day of April, 1885.

JOHN S. ANTHES.

In presence of- CHAS. HUBER, ALEXANDER MILLAR.

